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CORRESPONDENCE OF NAPOLEON: VOLUME THREE COMING SOON
Volume 3 of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon is to come out in April 2006, published by Editions Fayard. Entitled «les pacifications» ("making peace"), it brings to the public the letters for 1800 to 1802, the Consular period which was so crucial for the organisation of the modern state. The volume contains 2,567 annotated letters, of which 30% were not published in the edition of Napoleon's correspondence produced during the Second Empire.
In addition to a preface by professor Jean Tulard, of the Institut, there are also four original essays: "Bourrienne, secrétaire de Bonaparte", by Jacques Jourquin, "La politique coloniale du Consulat", by Thierry Lentz, "Les Finances publiques et budgets du Consulat", by Pierre Branda, and finally "L'armée de réserve en Italie", by Gabriel Madec.
The Correspondence when complete will also include a volume of addenda, so it's not too late to send us copies of the Napoleon letters in your possession. And they don't just have to be autograph letters. Those dictated by Napoleon and copied by amanuenses are just good. Contact François Houdecek, the person is in charge of the project.
This project is supported by the Archives de France and the Fondation La Poste.
Irène Delage, tr. P.H.
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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Napoleon and Saint Helena, 1815-1816, by Roger Morriss
Roger Morriss of Exeter University gives a definitive discussion of Admiral, Sir George Cockburn, Napoleon's first governor on St Helena. And in it we see a completely different picture from that painted by Napoleon to the disfavour of Hudson Lowe. Relations with Cockburn were equally as fiery. Read on...
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PHD VIVA FOR MARIE DINELLI-GRAZIANI, WINNER OF A FONDATION NAPOLEON RESEARCH GRANT
Having won her Fondation Napoléon research grant in 2000, Marie-Dinelli Graziani successfully defended her thesis, entitled "A great collector: Cardinal Fesch. The paintings collection", at the University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne under her supervisor professor Daniel Rabeau. She also received the accolade 'très honorable et les félicitations du Jury' (equivalent of summa cum laude). We would like here too to express our congratulations.
The aim of the thesis was to study the remarkable art collection assembled at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries by Cardinal Joseph Fesch, the half-brother of Letizia Bonaparte, Napoleon's mother. Whilst the Fesch collection was exceptional (because of the large number of masterpieces in it), it was also controversial, even in the cardinal's lifetime. For example, Fesch's nephew, Lucien Bonaparte, was highly critical not only of the ensemble but also of the collector, calling Fesch's passion for art 'tableaumania'.
Statue of Cardinal Fesch in the courtyard of Palais Fesch © Fondation Napoléon
For further details, click here.
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200 YEARS AGO
23 January, 1806, death of British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger.
Prime minister from 1783 to 1801 (and at 24 youngest Prime Minister ever), Pitt had returned to office in 1804 after the fall of Addington government and the restart of the conflict with France, masterminding with Russia the Third Coalition against Napoleon. Hugely influential minister, tireless worker, and reformer, he dominated British political life for a quarter of a century. Poor health lead to his premature death at the age of 47.
25 January, 1806: «The Bishop of Versailles, first chaplain to His Imperial Majesty» blessed chapel in the Tuileries Palace, dedicating it to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Gazette de France, 26 January, 1806
And also:
- 26 January, 1806: death of J.-J. Mounier, Député (member of French parliament) for the Dauphiné of the Etats Généraux (States General) of 1789, on of the instigators of the "tennis court" oath (the serment du jeu de Paume).
- Fashion: «High chic for men's informal morning dress is a red and silver turkish jerkin worn under a medium white waistcoat, gaiters rising to just above the ankle, a short riding coat cut just above the knee, breeches reaching halfway down the calf, shoes without heels, and a hat; not pointed though, but tall like a steeple.»
Journal du Commerce, 26 January, 1806
150 YEARS AGO
On 24 January, 1856, at the British Embassy in Paris, a ceremony of investiture to the Order of the Bath took place for some French generals and high-ranking officers who had performed with distinction during the Crimean War.
France and Britain were allies of the Ottoman empire in a war against Russia which began because of a quarrel over the defense of holy sites in Palestine. This crisis which began in January 1853 was not to end until the Treaty of Paris on 30 March, 1856.
Le Moniteur universel dated 25 January, 1856.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week.
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
THE NAPOLEON.ORG BULLETIN, No 356, 20 - 26 January, 2006
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THIS WEEK in the MAGAZINE
JOURNAL NEWS
RNR (Rivista Napoleonica), 10/2004-11/2005
WHAT'S ON
- Study Days:
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Contemporary Perception, German Historical Institute London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London, UK
Part 1 and Part 2
- Fairs:
The 13th International Napoleonic Fair, St Albans, UK
National Living History Fayre, Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, near Royal Leamington Spa, UK
- Auctions:
Sale of a portrait of Madame Mère, Sotheby's, New York, USA
- Exhibitions:
"Battle in a sittingroom." The Austerlitz wallpaper, Museo Napoleonico, Rome, Italy
In the Service of Napoleon. The Dutch in time of War 1792-1815, Delft, Netherlands
Napoleon on Campaign, the emperor's bivouac, at the Arc de triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, France
- Exhibition: Napoleone e il Piemonte. Capolavori ritrovati, Alba, Italy
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